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Taiwan Indicts Five Over Paid Plot to Injure Comedian Who Mocked Xi

Prosecutors say a mainland paymaster funded a staged car crash in what Taipei calls cross‑border repression and they vow to pursue collaborators.

NAZA Documentary Wins Venice Prize and Triggers Israeli Probes and Protests

Iran Sentences 23‑Year‑Old Najmeh Amini to Death Over Social Media Post

My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile Chronicles Russian Journalists in Persistent Peril

Russian Political Analyst Alexander Kynev Held on Large-Scale Drug Charges After Detention Injuries

Turkish Comedian Deniz Göktas Sentenced to 19 Months and Released Pending Appeal

Formosa Judge Orders Jail Time for Four La Nación Journalists Over Lack of Provincial Press Authorization

Loktev’s My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile Debuts at Venice With First Trailer

Tunisia’s Top Court Upholds Long Prison Terms for Opposition Figures

Wife of Activist Pavel Krisevich Detained After Bus Stop, Lawyers Say FSB Officers Pressured Her

Istanbul Court Sentences Six Former Opposition Mayors, Beşiktaş Ex‑Mayor Gets 23 Years

Yabloko Removed From Duma Ballot, Deputy Lev Shlosberg Sentenced to 11 Years

Russian Court Sentences Yabloko Vice‑Leader Lev Shlosberg to 11 Years

Russian Court Sentences Iabloko Vice‑President to 11 Years as Party Is Barred From Election

Ethiopian Security Forces Detain Editor and Raid Addis Standard Newsroom

Mexican Ambassador’s Warm Letter to Ortega Draws Fire After Nicaraguan President Bars Competitive Elections

Court Fines Russian Critic Boris Nadeschdin After Extremist‑symbol Ruling

Morocco Detains Veteran Dissident Journalist Ali Lmrabet

UFRJ Awards Posthumous Economics Degree to Stuart Angel

Turkey Bars Opposition Media From Ankara NATO Summit